Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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In early feudal Japan, female samurai could do which of the following?
a. | participate in business | b. | train to fight | c. | inherit
property | d. | all answers are correct. |
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Under the Tokugawa shoguns, Japan achieve relative peace and stability as a
unified state. Which of the following is not a way in which the Tokugawa shoguns
achieved this?
a. | focused population growth on villages rather than cities | b. | increased the
economic activity within Japan | c. | increased agricultural
production | d. | created the “Five Highways” to improve
trade |
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What event finally convinced Japan that they needed to “open up” to
western trade and influence?
a. | the French Revolution | b. | the Chinese Opium War with
Britain | c. | the Shi-Shi samurai overthrowing the Tokugawa shogunate | d. | the assassination of
the Emperor Meiji |
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A samurai who was defeated in battle was expected to do which of the
following?
a. | pledge his services the victorious daimyo | b. | commit bushido in
the presence of other samurai | c. | lose his rank of samurai and become a peasant
farmer | d. | commit ritualistic suicide called seppuku |
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Since feudal Japan had no central authority to unify its people, how were new
leaders chosen?
a. | Buddhist monks would choose the next shogun | b. | the warrior class
would vote to elect a local daimyo as shogun | c. | the emperor would elect a new
shogun | d. | powerful daimyos fought for the title of shogun |
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The paradox of the samurai lifestyle can be seen in the fact that they trained
for war and
a. | performed tea ceremonies and arranged flowers. | b. | gathered their food
rather than hunt it. | c. | followed both the emperor and the
shogun. | d. | performed Christian and Zen Buddhist activities. |
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Which of the following statements best describes trade between Japan and Europe
by 1650?
a. | Japan had ceased to trade with any European nations at all. | b. | Trade agreements
with European nations had undermined Japan’s economy. | c. | Japan was trading
only with the Dutch. | d. | Japanese trade was flourishing, particularly
with Portugal, Holland, and Spain. |
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How was Tokugawa Ieyasu, a powerful daimyo, able to gain control of Japan by the
year 1600?
a. | he tricked other samurai into giving him land through Buddhist
meditation | b. | he addicted other samurai to opium imported from the Chinese | c. | he paid the most
powerful samurai to follow him into battle | d. | he used firearms imported from the Portuguese
to win decisive battles |
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In the 1600s, this new type of theater emerged in Japan in which the actors
sang, danced, pantomimed, wore elaborate costumes and makeup and all roles were played by male
actors.
a. | shogun theater | b. | kabuki | c. | kanagawa | d. | noh drama |
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Which of the following means “way of the warrior” and was a strict
code of ethics for the samurai in feudal Japan?
a. | daimyo | b. | meiji | c. | bushido | d. | shogun |
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Christian missionary activity in feudal Japan resulted in
a. | the conversion of many Japanese and later persecution of Christians and
missionaries. | b. | few conversions and little interest from Japanese people or the
government. | c. | the adoption of Christianity as the official state religion. | d. | a new era of
religious tolerance. |
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The Samurai way of life consisted of
a. | building castles for the emperor and fighting using Zen Buddhism | b. | fighting constant
wars and working their way to the title of emperor | c. | trading with European powers and receiving
monetary payment for their services | d. | a strict code of ethics called Bushido focused
around meditation and training |
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Short Answer - use another sheet of paper to answer the following
question.
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What was the social structure or “pyramid” of fedual Japan?
(Think about the chart from class)
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How were feudal Japan and feudal Europe similar, yet very different? Give
at least 3 similarities and 3 differences. Please be specific and feel free to
discuss the samurai, social classes, castles, codes, or any other information that will help in your
answer.
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